Albert II, Prince of Monaco Prince Albert's oldest children Jazmin and Alex are not eligible to inherit the throne of Monaco because they were born out of wedlock. Before Prince Albert of Monaco married the fashionable Charlene Wittstock and they welcomed twins, he had two illegitimate children.
Notable royal bastards include Robert, Earl of Gloucester, son of King Henry I of England, Henry FitzRoy, son of King Henry VIII of England, and the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II.
The Prince Tudor variant holds that Oxford and Queen Elizabeth I were lovers and had a child who was raised as Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The theory followed earlier arguments that Francis Bacon was a son of the queen.
Henry I. You can probably thank England's first King Henry for the term "royal bastard" -- the man left behind over 20 illegitimate kids. (He's been called the "undisputed royal record holder for fathering illegitimate children," which, as you'll see, is an impressive stat to hold in that family.)
Henry VIII's Illegitimate Children
Henry also had an illegitimate son, named Henry Fitzroy (meaning 'son of the king') born in 1519. The King made Fitzroy Duke of Richmond, and ensured he was well provided for. Fitzroy enjoyed a 'prince's life' until his premature death at 17, probably from tuberculosis.
Details about King Charles III's alleged illegitimate son, Simon Charles Dorante-Day, were leaked during Princess Diana investigation. Royal Family. How many children does Simon Charles Dorante-Day, the supposed illegitimate son of King Charles III and Camilla, have?
King Charles II of Spain was the product of almost 200 years of selective inbreeding after the House of Habsburgs called time on bringing new blood into the fold in 1550.
“The Habsburg dynasty was one of the most influential in Europe,” said the lead researcher, Professor Román Vilas from the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, “but became renowned for inbreeding, which was its eventual downfall.”
The Emperor with the highest inbreeding coefficient was Leopold I (F=0.1568) and the second highest was Ferdinand II (F=0.1390), while the Spanish king with the highest inbreeding was Charles II (F=0.2538) and the second highest was Philip III (F=0.2177).
Alexandrine's only sister, Cecilie, was born in 1917. Alexandrine was known by the nickname of "Adini" within her family. It became clear shortly after Alexandrine's birth that she was affected with Down syndrome. Unlike other disabled royal children, Alexandrine was not hidden away.
Henry Fitzroy and Henry VIII's illegitimate children
Henry VIII had many suspected illegitimate children but only acknowledged one, Henry Fitzroy the first Duke of Richmond and Somerset, born 15 June 1519. His mother was Elizabeth Blount, the lady-in-waiting of Catherine of Aragon.
She was the second child and only daughter of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A 21-gun salute in Hyde Park signalled the birth. Anne was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 21 October 1950, by the Archbishop of York, Cyril Garbett.
As she had no children, and therefore no direct heir to the throne, she was the last Tudor monarch. Following her death, Mary, Queen of Scots' son – James VI of Scotland – was named King James I of England. The cause of her death was never determined.
Diana is descended from not one, but two illegitimate children of King Charles II of England: Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox, via two of her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham. This means that Diana's royal family tree stretches back through the ages of both English and Scottish history.
In modern times, among European royalty at least, marriages between royal dynasties have become much rarer than they once were. This happens to avoid inbreeding, since many royal families share common ancestors, and therefore share much of the genetic pool.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana
When Lady Diana Spencer walked down the aisle to wed her prince, not many people realised that she was actually being bonded in matrimony to a distant relative of hers. Prince Charles, heir to the throne, and his first wife were actually 16th cousins once removed.
It comes as little shock to some, as millions of people do indeed have ties to the Royal Family in some way. According to the U.K.'s Channel 4, Patrick explained Kate's familial connection to William as being "fourteenth cousins once removed through his mother and fifteenth cousins through his father."
Despite growing up in different countries, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are distant cousins. Below are other royal family members who share common ancestors with their spouses. According to Harper's Bazaar, Meghan is apparently a descendant of King Edward III through her father, Thomas Markle.
In fact, many royals have married relatives over the past hundreds of years since they look to other royalty for a mate. Charles and Camilla are supposedly second cousins, once removed, through their shared ancestor, King Edward VII, it is said.
The Distinctive 'Habsburg Jaw' Was Likely the Result of the Royal Family's Inbreeding. The family tree of the Habsburgs, a German-Austrian ruling family whose domain stretched from Portugal to Transylvania, is a tangled one.
Charles II's father and mother were uncle and niece. He was at once their great-nephew, cousin and son and more inbred than if he had been the offspring of siblings. When he died — senile, bald, lame, epileptic and infertile at the age of 35 in 1700 — the Spanish Habsburg line ended.
In fact, they were distant cousins. Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on Thursday. Her husband, Prince Philip, died on April 9, 2021, at the age of 99. Philip and the Queen were married for 73 years and were third cousins through Queen Victoria.
Charles II of Spain was impotent and could not father children. It was part of his family legacy of inbreeding. He probably suffered from two genetic disorders. First, there was combined pituitary hormone deficiency, a disorder that made him short, impotent, infertile, weak, and have a host of digestive problems.
The British monarch with the most legitimate children was Edward I, who had 19 children with Eleanor of Castile and Margaret of France of whom 8 reached adulthood. The queen regnant with the most children was Queen Victoria who had 9 children of whom all reached adulthood.
Camilla's royal titles are due to her marriage to Charles, and they will not pass on to her children or grandchildren. Her children are not in the line of succession to the throne, either. Royal titles are only passed down through the bloodline.